Search Results: Titles starting with G from Last Exit Books

E-222: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1921. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Unknown Publishers, Unknown Location. No Date (1921). 364 pgs. Bound in red leather boards with titles present to the spine and with emblem on front board of a field gun present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. During the late summer of early fall of 1918 the 303rd Field Artillery Regiment of the American Expeditionary Force trained near Clermont-Ferrand, France. From the port the 303rd Regiment traveled by train about 349 kilometers south of Paris to its new training area not far from the city of Clermont-Ferrand, where they arrived on 7 August to continue their abbreviated training and wait for French armaments. As a new National Army Division, the 76th was last in line behind the regular divisions and the federalized National Guard to be issued the equipment needed for battle and therefore… Read More

E-059. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. Large 4to. Published by The Horn Company, Burlington, VT. Illustrated. Unpaginated. Reprint of an original catalog c.1920s. Text in German. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Georg Roth, who owned an ammunition company in Vienna their products in the US were advertised as Keenfire by the Keystone Cartridge Company in Austria. Many of its foreign holdings were seized and nationalized after World War I it was later absorbed by Hirtenberger Patronen in the 1930s. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

C2c. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Oblong. Published by Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI 1979. 254 pages including lots of photos. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First published in France under the title: Le GMC, un camion universel by EPA.  A book contains an extract from TM 10 - 1563 Maintenance Manual, and is replete with hundreds of pictures of the military use of these vehicles from World War I on. Some color photographs and drawings in the center. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

C2c. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Portrayal Press, Bloomfield, MI, 1995. 36 pgs. Illustrated. Issued in stapled wraps. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This as the introduction says is a reprint of the introductory pages of SNL G-655 one of the rarest US Army manuals on WW2 vehicles. Illustrated with line drawings, list of manufacturers and their abbreviations. Vehicle identification, vehicle symbol index, numerical index of government registration numbers. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-049: Fantasy Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Fantasy Press, Reading, PA. 1954. 251 pgs. Decorated endpapers. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in orange cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. “G. O. G. 666” was written by mathematician and science fiction author John Taine. This is a taut tale of ethics in genetics…How far is too far? When three Communist scientists arrived in America on an official visit, they brought with them a great, hulking assistant named Gog. U. S. Intelligence believed there was more behind their “visit” than they were claiming, so they enlisted the help of Dr. Clive Chase, who was asked to become a spy. Reluctantly, he accepted… Read More

C6c: Schiffer Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA. 1998. 174 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Francis Gabreski to NACA test pilot Steve (Stefan) Cavallo on the title page. Illustrated with Color / Black and White Plates. First, thus. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the front board and the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. If ever a man has earned his place in the annals of military history, that man is Francis “Gabby” Gabreski. His exploits as a fighter pilot in World War II and Korea are legendary; his rise from humble beginnings to success in military and business careers is inspiring. This is the full story of Gabby Gabreski, told in his own words. Gabreski’s life is a classic American success story. Born to Polish immigrant parents in 1919, he nearly washed out of Notre… Read More

C2a. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Orion Books, New York. 1991. Viii, 277 pgs. Illustrated with Color / Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed from Francis Gabreski to NACA Test Pilot Steve (Stefan) Cavallo to the FFEP, several laid in letters discussing directions to his house along with going to a Quiet Birdmen event in NYC and finally signed again by Gabreski, Hub Zemke and Jimmy Johnson on a pasted bookplate to a second tipped into endpaper. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Blindstamp of Steve Cavallo present to the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. If ever a man has earned his place in the annals of military history, that man is Francis “Gabby” Gabreski. His exploits as a fighter pilot in World War II and Korea are legendary; his… Read More

E-303. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Orion Books, New York. 1991. Viii, 277 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed from Francis Gabreski on the FFEP and then again on the half-title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is inscribed by the previous owner discussing when the book was read). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. If ever a man has earned his place in the annals of military history, that man is Francis “Gabby” Gabreski. His exploits as a fighter pilot in World War II and Korea are legendary; his rise from humble beginnings to success in military and business careers is inspiring. This is the full story of Gabby Gabreski, told in his own words. Gabreski’s life is a classic American success story. Born to Polish… Read More

E-269: Steidl/Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Steidl/Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC. 2004. 160 pgs. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Gabriel Orozco is renowned for creating work that highlights the elegant and lyrical beauty found in the everyday. His art has taken the form of sculpture, installations, drawing, photography, and video. Orozco photographs things as he finds them, "self-arranged" on the streets, or in found situations in which he has gently intervened. Previous publications of his work have highlighted the interconnectedness between the various aspects of his work, or have focused solely on his sculptures or videos. This book is the first ever to focus solely on his… Read More

E-023: Afshan Almassi. Very Good. 2012. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Akian Grafica Editora, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2014. 226 pgs. Illustrated with Color Plates. Text in Spanish. First Edition/First Printing. 2014. 226 pgs. Illustrated with Color Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcase with light shelf-wear present. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. He studied Physics and History of Art in the UBA. Interested in light as a phenomenon, drift in photography. Go to the camera as a possible expressive tool that allows you to investigate the phenomenon of light, but from another place. E-23; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 226 pages .

E-284: Authorhouse. Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN. 2006. 432 pgs. Illustrated throughout. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Gainesville Midland is but a remnant of a system of railroads that covered the northeastern Georgia landscape. Her predecessor the Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern tried valiantly to forge a living in the area between Gainesville and Macon. The Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern merged with the Walton Railroad. The empire unraveled in bankruptcy. This book also covers the Gainesville & Northwestern which was built to tap the timber stands in and around the Robertstown-Helen area. G. J. Baldwin Jr, a mine owner, built the Chestatee Railroad and a… Read More

E-253. Very Good. Leather. Leather. 4to. Howlett and Brimmer, Columbian Press, London, UK. 1823. 2 Volumes. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 100 engravings. Bound in 3/4 green leather and marble paper covered boards with raised bands and spine labels present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The complete two volume set of this scarce work containing a wide range and variety of subjects loosely within the areas of astronomy, geology, botany, zoology, chemistry, pyrotechnics, metallurgy and the arts connected with it. Well illustrated with engravings of everything from comets to volcanoes, caverns to waterfalls, far off lands, exotic animals, ancient structures etc. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-227: After the Battle Magazine. Very Good. 2000. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Oblong. Published by After the Battle Magazine, London, UK. 2000. 232 pgs DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Gallipoli. Virtually unheard of prior to 1915, the very name of the Turkish peninsula bordering the Dardanelles - the narrow waterway linking the Mediterranean with the Black Sea - now conjures up visions of privation and hardship and death which even surpass the horrors of the trench warfare on the Western Front. The barren landscape was the backdrop to a horrific campaign between April 1915 and January 1916 in which upwards of 1000,000 men lost their lives. For the Allies it was a battle fought in vain for the invasion forces were withdrawn for no gain, but for the Turkish… Read More

E-053. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Lincoln MacVeigh/The Dial Press, New York, 1930. 280 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is lightly worn and scuffed to the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A new brand of kidnaping is Introduced by a mysterious gang, who abduct Nancy Wentworth, a popular musical comedy star, Luccl, a notorious gangster, and four wealthy business men. Relatives of the kidnaped persons are informed that they must pay "board money” to Insure the prisoner’s safety. Jerry Calhoun, airplane pilot, who was with Nancy when she was carried away, his friend Emory Battles and Stevens, a detective, pick up the trail of the gang when the money Is collected and follow the kidnapers' hydroplane in… Read More

EB: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1983. 117 pgs. Profusely illustrated with 24 color plates an b&w text drawings. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in black cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The game birds include all types of pheasants, quail, grouse and partridge. A very good book for naturalists, conservationists and art collectors. EB; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 117 pages .

E-163: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1997. Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Ballantine Books, New York. 1997. 240 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Sam Snead on the FFEP page. First Edition/Third Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine label present to the spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Short of actually inventing the sport, Sam Snead has done more for golf than anyone else who ever swung a club. Over the course of a spectacular career that began in 1936--Snead, now eighty-five, still swings like a champion--the man who has won more tournaments than any golfer in history not only perfected the playing of the game, but helped make it an American institution. In The Game I Love, Snead mixes expert advice on golf with unforgettable anecdotes. Acclaimed for his… Read More

E-082. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 4to. Unknown Publisher. 1926. 75 & 26 pgs. Illustrated with Color Plates. Text in French. Facsimile text of the original edition as well as 12 panels with colored lithographs. Printed on Montgolfier paper. Slipcased. Slipcase in matching 1/2 red leather with maching red cloth cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine. Bound in full red morocco leather with gilt titles and design. Silk moire endpapers. Endpapers lightly waved. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This edition of 1926 is adorned with 12 compositions, in lithography of DEVÉRIA and GRÉVEDON, redrawn, colored and erased from the original lithographs, and the reproduction in facsimile of the text on two columns and two printed brown paper covers from the original edition. Modeled after George Sand, this work gives us a young man named Alcide observing the… Read More

E-080: Rudolph Ackerman. Good+. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. Leather. 8vo. Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery. 1837. 208 pgs. Errata slip present. Illustrated with 15 hand-colored engraved plates after J. T. Rawlins by A. W. Reeve and others. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in full green leather with decorated gilt rule present the boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first treatise devoted primarily pheasant rearing and the management and preservation of woodlands. Gamonia is a work celebrated for its picturesque shooting scenes. 'They are unsually attractive, and convey a good impression on the way in which our forebears killed their game, in the beginning of the 19th century' e-80; 1837; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 220 pages .

E-209: L.B. Fischer. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. L. B. Fischer. 1942. 304 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has chipping, shelf-wear and rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities. Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The third children's book by Erika Mann, written in exile in California. In a drastic tightening in the face of the war, Erika Mann wrote a breathtaking political youth novel in 1942 in the USA with echoes of Erich Kästner's Emil and the detectives: children from all over the world, refugees before the war, find their new home in a reform school in California. But peace is deceiving. The mysterious Mr. X is supposed to carry the terror into the United States, among them. The youthful Gang of Ten is on his… Read More

E-323. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Published by ORO Editions/Applied Research & Design, San Rafael, CA. 2015. 402 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Beyond the dense urbanism of Mumbai (Bombay) or the IT centers of Bangalore and Hyderabad lies the Ganges River basin--today home to over one-quarter of India's billion-plus population--a space historically defined by a mythological constellation of terrestrial sites imbued with celestial significance. Not only is it one of the most densely populated river basins in the world, but it also undergoes dramatic physical changes with the onslaught of the wet monsoon, where over one-meter of rainfall occurs in the span of three months. This book focuses on the intersection of these two observations. It is an atlas of built and unbuilt projects designed to transform… Read More